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Native uncertainty in a perspective-based reality, or a blog in which I get geeky, deep, and ranty, sometimes in rapid succession.Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:48:22 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9Comment on Yeah, I’m Fucking Offended by Margarethttps://lir.mmfcf.com/posts/yeah-im-fucking-offended/#comment-6
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:48:22 +0000http://lir.mmfcf.com/?p=141#comment-6Recognizing the problematic nature of what came before is critical (I didn’t watch Friends so don’t know what you’re referring to specifically), but I can’t quite agree with casting it off, though I agree with you in principle. It is so much easier to push something under the rug, declaring it problematic and therefore inappropriate, than it is to bring it into the light and keep it there so people have to face not only that it was problematic but that it still is because there are people who don’t see it as problematic for the reasons you’ve given.

I look at the PC language movement in this way. Though I believe in the principles of language driving change, the reality of how it was implemented made it subject to ridicule and worsened the situation instead of improving it because the word was declared “bad” rather than the thinking behind the word, so the thinking just moved to a new word, unaffected.

I don’t know if I’m making sense so will stop here with the thought of “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Yes, challenge. Yes, discuss. Yes, recognize and address cultural context. But don’t prevent those shows, etc. from being seen. Rather use them to educate so the hatred has to be acknowledged and can’t hide in the shadows waiting to leap out at us at any moment.

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Sun, 08 May 2016 02:09:08 +0000http://lir.mmfcf.com/?p=63#comment-4A fascinating history :).
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Mon, 02 May 2016 07:49:10 +0000http://lir.mmfcf.com/?p=60#comment-3Interesting perspective. I’m of the mind that you should question everything, even if you ultimately accept that which you questioned, because it means a conscious decision to accept rather than a blind one. However, sorry to disappoint ;), but if I see a Buddha in the road, I’ll swerve…
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Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:53:53 +0000http://lir.mmfcf.com/?p=56#comment-2“We are the eye of the beholder, we see each others’ scars and declare one another beautiful. ”